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On April 16th, AKB48's official rival group Nogizaka46 announced that they would be changing a part of their dance to "Oide Shampoo".
Nogizaka46 performed this song on their show, 'Nogizaka tte Doko?' on April 8th, and during the interlude, the girls rolled up their skirts to their face. After the broadcast, the girls received negative reputation as viewers complained, "It's too provocative" and "Children will copy this".
Producer Akimo

On April 16th, actress Jessica Alba and singer GACKT attended an opening event for "Tommy Hilfiger Omotesando" at 'Tokyu Plaza Omotesando Harajuku'.
GACKT, who was asked about his first impressions on Jessica, stated, "She's sexy and beautiful. I never thought I'd meet her like this." He continued, "Can you understand? How nervous I am."
Tommy Hilfiger is an American apparel brand, and this store in Omotesando marks the first flagship s

We previously reported that Kis-My-Ft2 and Maeda Atsuko from AKB48 would provide the opening and ending songs for NTV's new drama ‘Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou‘. The first episode aired on April 14th and a preview of Kis-My-Ft2 "Shake It Up" was revealed as the opening song.
The preview of Maeda Atsuko's ending song "Migikata" was already reported. It's quite a boon for the drama to have 2 popular artists and their new singles as the opening &

On April 15th, model/actress Yamada Yu appeared at the fashion and beauty event, 'SUPER GIRLS FESTA', in Taiwan.
Before the event, Yamada was pulled aside for an interview, where she commented on her newly-married life with actor Oguri Shun. She said shyly, "Without any changes, we are having fun."
Yamada was also asked if they give each other any fashion advice. "Together we pick out clothes so we don't look too mismatched," she reveal

On April 16th, AKB48 sister group JKT48 attended a press conference for Tokiwa Pharmaceutical's skincare product "Nameraka Honpo Bihaku Series", as its newest CM character.
As their first time starring in a CM in Japan, member Shania Junianatha commented, "I'm excited to be able to star in a Japanese CM." When asked about the CM shoot, Cleopatra shared, "In the CM, we all have to raise our heads together. We had a hard time doing it in u

As we previously reported, Johnny's Entertainment set up a mysterious countdown clock on their website on April 13th, and now another countdown clock has appeared.
This time, if you click the clock on the side menu of Johnny's Entertainment’s website, a popup of the huge clock with NEWS's silhouette appears. Similar to last time, every time when the minute or seconds reach the number 4, the number turns purple, green, yellow and pink, i

Singer-songwriter aiko has announced that she will be kicking off her nationwide tour, 'Love Like Pop vol.15', in July!
aiko's 'Love Like Pop' tour focuses mainly on hall venues. For this tour, she will start at Saitama Kawaguchi Sougou Bunka Center Lilia on July 13th, for a total of 31 performances in 21 cities. She will hold 6 concerts at Tokyo NHK Hall and 4 shows at Osaka International Convention Center. The final night will be held

Earlier in February, AKB48 announced that they would be donating a total of 30 buses called 'AKBus' to Miyagi, Iwate, and Fukushima Prefectures. On April 14th, the group held a handshake event at Kleenex Stadium Miyagi, where they presented the 'AKBus' for the very first time.
AKB48 donated 30 buses to the disaster-stricken areas to coincide with the new school year. Before their handshake event, they held a presentation ceremony, where

Kimura Kaela has revealed the jacket covers for her upcoming single, "Mamireru"!
Before the single release was decided, Kimura wanted to be covered in pink. She commente, "It overlapped the period when I was writing lyrics to a song called 'Mamireru' [to be covered]. I thought it was perfect." Consequently, Kimura dyed her hair pink and covered her entire body in pink for the photo shoot.
As reported earlier, "Mamireru" is currently being